15 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Yahi Cafe

If you haven’t discovered Belfast’s best kept secret yet, then you need to visit Yahi café immediately.

It has everything from scones, croissants and the most amazing Florentines, all made fresh by the team on site. Their coffee is ethically sourced and tastes great to boot. Their lunches range from superfood salads to innovative sandwiches and baguettes, all inspired by local ingredients paired with their chef’s Caribbean background.

It has been a year since the café opened and changed our breakfasts and lunches for the better, so here are 15 interesting facts you probably didn’t know about Yahi on their first birthday.

1. Their chef, Rotsen Zambrano is from Aruba.

2. Chef Rotsen changes the menu twice a year with specials changing monthly – spot the nods to his Aruban background throughout the delicious deli sandwich range from the Banh Mi breakfast sandwich, to the Gaucho Baguette for lunch.

3. Their coffee trainer, Gregory Wincenty-Cichy is the current AeroPress Champion.

4. That’s a big deal as that means those delicious cups of coffee they sell are probably the best in Ireland.

5. They love their coffee so much that Yahi is holding its first Home Brewing Coffee Workshop on April 20, hosted by Gregory to celebrate the Brewing and Distilling month for NI Year of Food & Drink.

6. During their day of celebrations for their first birthday, Yahi sold 1,049 cups of tea and coffee for 1p.